Series: Final Fantasy XIII-2

Costume Creation: Pretty much the whole costume is made out of 6mm or 3 mm craft foam! Then the purple-ish straps throughout the whole costume are vinyl.  The shoes were spray painted (LUL don't do this, I was a nube and they will only last not even one wear before cracking.  Use leather paint, don't be stupid noob me).  At the time I coated my craft foam in 3 layers of Elmer's glue, again, I was a noob DONT DO THIS.  Now my method of madness is to coat in wood glue.  You don't wanna know what happens long-term to armor thats coated in Elmer's glue, so just don't make the mistakes that I made.  The leotard was just bought online because at the time I didn't know how to sew.  The side tail feather thing was made hand-sewing 80 individual pure white turkey feathers onto a netting fabric.... this alone took about 3 straight days of hand-sewing.

The sword had two versions, both created with the same materials and methods between foam boards, styrene sheet bases and then craft foam detailing with acrylic paints!  

The shield was a foam board base with insulation spray foam carved out to be a nice rounded shape, covered in paper machay for smoothness, then craft foam detailing.

Cost: $80 (including wig and contacts)

Created: March 2013

Work time: 1 year (LUL this was my second cospolay ever so I was still learning)

Status: Retired

Worn at: Tekkoshocon 2014, Colossalcon 2014, Katsucon 2014

Photographers: Felix Wong Photography, Cosplay Kitchen, Charismatic Moments